dabi

See also: dābī and dǎbǐ

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English dab.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdabi]
  • Rhymes: -abi
  • Hyphenation: da‧bi

Verb

dabi (present dabas, past dabis, future dabos, conditional dabus, volitive dabu)

  1. (transitive) To softly tap; to wipe, dab.
    La kuracisto dabis la gratvundon per vato kaj oksigena akvo.
    The doctor wiped the wound with cotton wool and oxygenated water.
    Ŝi dabis al si la okulojn per sia naztuko.
    She dabbed at her eyes with her handkerchief.

Conjugation

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